Door-hanger.



No. 65|,295 Patented June 5,1900.v M. BURNS.

DOOR HANGER.

Application tilecLFeb.' 24, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFIATIN forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 651,295, dated .faire 1906. Application led February 24, 1900` Serial No. 6,407. (No modell) To all whom, t may concern;

Be it known that I, MARTIN BURNS, a citi- 'zen of the United States, residing at Grass Creek, in the county of Fulton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Sliding Doors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the laccompanying drawings, and t-o the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hangers for sliding doors; and it consists, essentially, in the provision of an attachment to the rollerihanger whereby the sam e is prevented from jumping the track, and it also consists in providing a pivoted lever to which the pulley or roller is pivoted, said lever being spring-actuated and adapted to press the roller or pulley against the track in case the hanger should be raised, and the lprovision of an antifriction-roller which in case the hanger is raised will Contact with the' under side 'of the track, while the spring-actuated lever will cause the pulley or roller to contact with the upper face of the track, thus securely holding the door in place.

To these ends and to such others as the inventiou may pertain the same consists, further, inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specific'- ally defined in the appended claim.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which- Figure l is a central Vertical longitudinal section through my improved hanger shown as hung upon a track. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a sliding door, to which the hanger-frame B is securely fastened. The upper end of said hanger-frame is curved, as shown,and mounted between the upright portion of said frame and the bent end is a rod C, on which the lever D is pivoted. The lever formed from a piece of metal bent as shown has its under edge adjacent to its free end tapered, as at D', and its upward throw is limited by means of a pin F.

G indicates the non-rotatable spindle carried by the lever and on which are rigidly secured the circular bearing-blocks B2, between which and the pulley G, mounted to rotate` thereon, are formed ball-raceways in which the antifriction-balls H are placed.

On the pivotal. rod C, which supports the lever D, is a spring K, one end of which engages a pin J, carriedv by the lever D, said spring being provided for the purpose of normally holding the lever so that the wheel carried thereby will be held in contact with and upon the track M in case the hanger and the door secured thereto should be accidentally raised or moved sidewise.

Mounted on a projecting part S of the hanger on a suitable stub-shaft is an antifriction-roller T, which projects at right angles to the body portion of the hanger and is adapted to strike against the under edge of the track when for any purpose said hanger is raised from its normal position. In case the hanger is raised said roller S will contact with the under edge of the track, while the spring-actuated lever will cause the roller G to contact with the upper edge of the track, thus securely holding the hanger at all times in its proper engaging relation with the track.

What I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a door-han ger, the combination with the hanger-frame of a lever formed from apiece of metal bent upon itself and pivoted at one end to said frame, a stop on the frame to limit the vertical movement of the free end of the lever, a carrying-wheel rotatably mounted in said lever, a track on which said wheel travels, and a coiled spring mounted in the MARTIN BURNS.

Witnesses:

FRANK CROMLEY, F. M. PATTY,

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